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Iraqi security forces and Shiite militias¹ say they've broken the siege of a norhtern Iraqi city imposed by Islamic State militants². An Iraqi army spokesman calls it an important victory.

The US Forest Serivce says cloudy skies and lower temperatures should help firefighters battle a pair of major wildfires in norhtern California. One of the fires has burned close to 100 square miles in the Klamath National Forest.

Lightning injuried 3 men on a New York City beach Sunday. Stormy weather also distrupted the US Open Tennis tournament and delayed flights into the Big Apple.

And Ray McDonald of the San Francisco 49ers is free on bail³. The NFL's defense⁴ end was arrested on Sunday on a felony demostic violence charge.

Matt Small, The Associated Press with AP News Minute.

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1 militias
n.民兵组织，民兵( militia的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The troops will not attempt to disarm the warring militias. 部队并不打算解除战斗中的民兵武装。来自辞典例句 The neighborhood was a battleground for Shiite and Sunni militias. 那里曾是什叶派和逊尼派武装分子的战场。来自互联网

2 militants
激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。 Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

3 bail
v.舀（水），保释；n.保证金，保释，保释人
参考例句：
One of the prisoner's friends offered to bail him out.犯人的一个朋友答应保释他出来。 She has been granted conditional bail.她被准予有条件保释。

4 defense
n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩
参考例句：
The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。 The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-09-05